Patents by Inventor Timothy Harrah

Timothy Harrah has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240257962
    Abstract: An operation room system includes a processing unit configured to receive data associated with a patient; determine a treatment for the patient; identify a control setting associated with one or more treatment devices that are (i) in communication with the processing unit, and (ii) operable to perform the treatment; and generate a display including the control setting and at least one view of the data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Niraj RAUNIYAR, Timothy HARRAH, Peter J. PEREIRA, Eric WONG, William STANHOPE, Brian MACLEAN, Brandon CRAFT, Stuart PERRY, William GASTROCK
  • Patent number: 11984219
    Abstract: An operation room system includes a processing unit configured to receive data associated with a patient, determine a treatment for the patient, identify a control setting associated with one or more treatment devices that are (i) in communication with the processing unit, and (ii) operable to perform the treatment, and generate a display including the control setting and at least one view of the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Niraj Rauniyar, Timothy Harrah, Peter J. Pereira, Eric Wong, William Stanhope, Brian Maclean, Brandon Craft, Stuart Perry, William Gastrock
  • Publication number: 20240108797
    Abstract: Irrigation devices, methods, and systems are disclosed. The system comprises a catheter with one or more lumens and an expandable portion. One or more pumps are used to supply a mixture of contrasting and dilating agents in an interior kidney volume and flush a portion of the mixture out of the interior kidney volume. The method comprises placing a catheter into the interior kidney volume through a ureter, occluding a portion of the ureter with a distal end of the catheter, forming an exit port through an exterior kidney surface, flowing the contrasting and dilating agents through the one or more lumens to supply the mixture in the interior kidney volume, and flushing a portion of the mixture out of the exit port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerry LONG, Timothy HARRAH, Aaron KIRKEMO, Brandon CRAFT, Elizabeth STOKLEY, Sebastian KOERNER, Chad SCHNEIDER
  • Patent number: 11872363
    Abstract: Irrigation devices, methods, and systems are disclosed. The system comprises a catheter with one or more lumens and an expandable portion. One or more pumps are used to supply a mixture of contrasting and dilating agents in an interior kidney volume and flush a portion of the mixture out of the interior kidney volume. The method comprises placing a catheter into the interior kidney volume through a ureter, occluding a portion of the ureter with a distal end of the catheter, forming an exit port through an exterior kidney surface, flowing the contrasting and dilating agents through the one or more lumens to supply the mixture in the interior kidney volume, and flushing a portion of the mixture out of the exit port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerry Long, Timothy Harrah, Aaron Kirkemo, Brandon Craft, Elizabeth Stokley, Sebastian Koerner, Chad Schneider
  • Publication number: 20220023528
    Abstract: Irrigation devices, methods, and systems are disclosed. The system comprises a catheter with one or more lumens and an expandable portion. One or more pumps are used to supply a mixture of contrasting and dilating agents in an interior kidney volume and flush a portion of the mixture out of the interior kidney volume. The method comprises placing a catheter into the interior kidney volume through a ureter, occluding a portion of the ureter with a distal end of the catheter, forming an exit port through an exterior kidney surface, flowing the contrasting and dilating agents through the one or more lumens to supply the mixture in the interior kidney volume, and flushing a portion of the mixture out of the exit port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerry LONG, Timothy HARRAH, Aaron KIRKEMO, Brandon CRAFT, Elizabeth STOKLEY, Sebastian KOERNER, Chad SCHNEIDER
  • Patent number: 11167077
    Abstract: Irrigation devices, methods, and systems are disclosed. The system comprises a catheter with one or more lumens and an expandable portion. One or more pumps are used to supply a mixture of contrasting and dilating agents in an interior kidney volume and flush a portion of the mixture out of the interior kidney volume. The method comprises placing a catheter into the interior kidney volume through a ureter, occluding a portion of the ureter with a distal end of the catheter, forming an exit port through an exterior kidney surface, flowing the contrasting and dilating agents through the one or more lumens to supply the mixture in the interior kidney volume, and flushing a portion of the mixture out of the exit port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerry Long, Timothy Harrah, Aaron Kirkemo, Brandon Craft, Elizabeth Stokley, Sebastian Koerner, Chad Schneider
  • Patent number: 11096758
    Abstract: A guidance device may include a base member, a support coupled to the base member via at least one leg, thereby defining a passage configured to receive an accessory device between the base member and the support, and a guide coupled to the support. The guide may be movable relative to the base member and may include a through hole extending therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Limited
    Inventors: Subodh Morey, Ashish Jain, Timothy Harrah, Biten Kathrani, Sumit Malik, Salman Kapadia, Charudatta Aradhye, Nishant Randhawa, Rajiv Kumar Singh, Prashant Borkar
  • Publication number: 20210244319
    Abstract: Aspects of bladder mapping are described herein. According to one aspect, an exemplary method comprises: generating, with an imaging element, a video feed depicting a bladder wall; establishing, with a processor, markers on the bladder wall in the video feed; tracking, with the processor, relative movements between the markers; and/or identifying, with the processor, a location of a contraction of the bladder wall based on the relative movements. Associated devices and systems also are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Brian WATSCHKE, Timothy HARRAH, Avshalom SHENHAV, Yosi HAZAN
  • Patent number: 11020021
    Abstract: Aspects of bladder mapping are described herein. According to one aspect, an exemplary method comprises: generating, with an imaging element, a video feed depicting a bladder wall; establishing, with a processor, markers on the bladder wall in the video feed; tracking, with the processor, relative movements between the markers; and/or identifying, with the processor, a location of a contraction of the bladder wall based on the relative movements. Associated devices and systems also are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Watschke, Timothy Harrah, Avshalom Shenhav, Yosi Hazan
  • Publication number: 20210085425
    Abstract: Operation room devices, methods, and systems are disclosed. One method comprises: receiving, at a processing unit, data associated with a patient; determining, with the processing unit, a treatment for the patient; identifying, with the processing unit, a control setting associated with one or more treatment devices that are (i) in communication with the processing unit, and (ii) operable to perform the treatment; and generating, with the processing unit, a display including the control setting and at least one view of the data. Related devices and systems also are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Niraj RAUNIYAR, Timothy HARRAH, Peter J. PEREIRA, Eric WONG, William STANHOPE, Brian MACLEAN, Brandon CRAFT, Stuart PERRY, William GASTROCK
  • Patent number: 10881482
    Abstract: Operation room devices, methods, and systems are disclosed. One method comprises: receiving, at a processing unit, data associated with a patient; determining, with the processing unit, a treatment for the patient; identifying, with the processing unit, a control setting associated with one or more treatment devices that are (i) in communication with the processing unit, and (ii) operable to perform the treatment; and generating, with the processing unit, a display including the control setting and at least one view of the data. Related devices and systems also are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Niraj Rauniyar, Timothy Harrah, Peter J. Pereira, Eric Wong, William Stanhope, Brian MacLean, Brandon Craft, Stuart Perry, William Gastrock
  • Patent number: 10827939
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of tissue mapping and ablation. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to expandable medical devices for identifying and treating local anatomical abnormalities within a body lumen. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to systems and methods of focal treatment for overactive bladders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Sandra Nagale, Bryan Clark, Allan Shuros, Ding He, Dennis Werner, Lynne Swanson, Charles Gibson, Amedeo Chiavetta, Michael Peterson, Shibaji Shome, Mark Boden, Timothy Harrah
  • Publication number: 20190314044
    Abstract: Irrigation devices, methods, and systems are disclosed. The system comprises a catheter with one or more lumens and an expandable portion. One or more pumps are used to supply a mixture of contrasting and dilating agents in an interior kidney volume and flush a portion of the mixture out of the interior kidney volume. The method comprises placing a catheter into the interior kidney volume through a ureter, occluding a portion of the ureter with a distal end of the catheter, forming an exit port through an exterior kidney surface, flowing the contrasting and dilating agents through the one or more lumens to supply the mixture in the interior kidney volume, and flushing a portion of the mixture out of the exit port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerry LONG, Timothy HARRAH, Aaron KIRKEMO, Brandon CRAFT, Elizabeth STOKLEY, Sebastian KOERNER, Chad SCHNEIDER
  • Patent number: 10441785
    Abstract: Systems and methods for the treatment of bladder conditions using direct electrical pacing are provided. The systems and methods generally apply high-frequency pacing stimuli directly to the bladder wall, from one or more of the inner and outer bladder surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Harrah, Ding He, Sandra Nagale, Bryan Clark
  • Patent number: 10368884
    Abstract: Irrigation devices, methods, and systems are disclosed. The system comprises a catheter with one or more lumens and an expandable portion. One or more pumps are used to supply a mixture of contrasting and dilating agents in an interior kidney volume and flush a portion of the mixture out of the interior kidney volume. The method comprises placing a catheter into the interior kidney volume through a ureter, occluding a portion of the ureter with a distal end of the catheter, forming an exit port through an exterior kidney surface, flowing the contrasting and dilating agents through the one or more lumens to supply the mixture in the interior kidney volume, and flushing a portion of the mixture out of the exit port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerry Long, Timothy Harrah, Aaron Kirkemo, Brandon Craft, Elizabeth Stokley, Sebastian Koerner, Chad Schneider
  • Patent number: 10179190
    Abstract: Methods of treating tissue of a patient, e.g., tissue of an organ such that the bladder, are described. The methods may comprise inserting a medical device within the bladder; and injecting a composition to separate a first layer of tissue from a second layer of tissue. The composition may comprise at least one polysaccharide compound having a concentration ranging from approximately 0.05% to approximately 25% by weight, with respect to the total weight of the composition. The composition may at least partially separate the first layer of tissue from the second layer of tissue. At least one of the first layer of tissue or the second layer of tissue may be a detrusor muscle tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Sandra Nagale, David Shreeve, Mark Boden, Jonathan Zoll, Timothy Harrah, Steven Kangas, Kasyap Seethamraju, Deanna Cavallaro, Martin Phelan
  • Publication number: 20180338812
    Abstract: A guidance device may include a base member, a support coupled to the base member, and a guide coupled to the support. The guide may be movable relative to the base member and may include a through hole extending therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Limited
    Inventors: Subodh Morey, Ashish JAIN, Timothy HARRAH, Biten KATHRANI, Sumit MALIK, Salman KAPADIA, Charudatta ARADHYE, Nishant RANDHAWA, Rajiv SINGH, Prashant BORKAR
  • Publication number: 20180325619
    Abstract: Operation room devices, methods, and systems are disclosed. One method comprises: receiving, at a processing unit, data associated with a patient; determining, with the processing unit, a treatment for the patient; identifying, with the processing unit, a control setting associated with one or more treatment devices that are (i) in communication with the processing unit, and (ii) operable to perform the treatment; and generating, with the processing unit, a display including the control setting and at least one view of the data. Related devices and systems also are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Niraj Rauniyar, Timothy HARRAH, Peter J. PEREIRA, Eric WONG, William STANHOPE, Brian MACLEAN, Brandon CRAFT, Stuart PERRY, William GASTROCK
  • Publication number: 20180220938
    Abstract: Aspects of bladder mapping are described herein. According to one aspect, an exemplary method comprises: generating, with an imaging element, a video feed depicting a bladder wall; establishing, with a processor, markers on the bladder wall in the video feed; tracking, with the processor, relative movements between the markers; and/or identifying, with the processor, a location of a contraction of the bladder wall based on the relative movements. Associated devices and systems also are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Watschke, Timothy Harrah, Avshalom Shenhav, Yosi Hazan
  • Patent number: 9801651
    Abstract: According to one aspect, a medical device may include a luminal element configured for insertion into a natural body lumen. The medical device may further include a tool configured to be received within the luminal element. The tool may include a plurality of operating members. Each of the operating members may include an elongate member and a cutting member. The cutting member may be located at a distal end of the elongate member. Further, the cutting member of a first operating member of the plurality of operating members may be rotatable with respect to the cutting member of a second operating member of the plurality of operating members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Harrah, Jozef Slanda, Jianmin Li, Prateet Verma